Louis Armstrong compilation Gold contains tracks which became a Top 40 hits in 1988, some 20 years after were recorded. That is a clue to the approach that the collection takes - this is a hits-oriented album concerned more with Louis Armstrong the pop star of the '50s and '60s than Louis Armstrong the jazz musician of the '20s and '30s.



Tracklist

Disc 1:
01. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
02. Cabaret - Louis Armstrong
03. Dream a Little Dream of Me - Louis Armstrong
04. Mame - Louis Armstrong
05. Solitude - Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington
06. Hello Dolly - Louis Armstrong
07. You Go to My Head - Louis Armstrong
08. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues - Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia
09. Fine Romance - Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald
10. Georgia on My Mind - Louis Armstrong, Sy Oliver's Orchestra
11. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) - Louis Armstrong, Sy Oliver's Orchestra
12. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Louis Armstrong, Sy Oliver's Orchestra
13. Mack the Knife - Frankie Armstrong
14. Rockin' Chair [Live] - Louis Armstrong
15. Basin Street Blues - Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars
16. Someday (You'll Be Sorry) - Louis Armstrong, Commanders
17. It Takes Two to Tango - Louis Armstrong, Sy Oliver's Orchestra
18. Kiss to Build a Dream On - Louis Armstrong, Sy Oliver's Orchestra

Disc 2:
01. Gone Fishin' - Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, , John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra
02. (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You - Louis Armstrong
03. Vie en Rose - Louis Armstrong, Sy Oliver's Orchestra
04. My Sweet Hunk O' Trash - Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Sy Oliver's Orchestra
05. Blueberry Hill - Louis Armstrong, Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra
06. (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue [Live] - Louis Armstrong
07. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? - Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven
08. I Wonder - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
09. When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
10. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
11. Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
12. When the Saints Go Marching In - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
13. Struttin' with Some Barbeque - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
14. Swing That Music - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
15. Old Man Mose - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
16. I'm in the Mood for Love - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
17. St. Louis Blues - Louis Armstrong
18. Lazy River - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
19. West End Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
20. Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven
21. Wild Man Blues - Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers
22. Heebie Jeebies - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five